Garment-supporter attachment.



TE. N. HUMPHREY. GARMENT SUPPORTER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1914. 1,149,7' 69. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.Y

CCCCCC IA PLANDGRAPH CO..WASHINOTQN. D. c.

, CONNECTICUT, AssIerNoRr To THE Tueurs;`

NEW BNITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A coaronn-, j

GARIVIENT-SUIPORTER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pateitd Aug. 10, 19115.

Application filed September 3, 1914. Serial No. 860,017.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST N. I-IUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Garment-Supporter Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements 1n garment supporters, and is particularly useful in connection with Suspenders.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the rear part of a suspender showing the shoulder straps as broken away, and a part of the intermediate link strap being likewise broken away. Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged section on `the plane of the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a relatively enlarged section on the plane of the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detail.

1 2 represent the usual shoulder straps of a pair of Suspenders. At the back of the Suspenders the two button loops 3 4, which button on to the trousers, are connected to the shoulder straps 1 and 2 by a compensating cord which allows of a free sliding movement. Starting from the button loop 3, the cord, indicated at 5, leads to and through a tube 6; thence to and through a tube 7; thence to and through a tube 8; thence to and through a tube 9; thence to and through a tube 10 and thence to the button loop 4. Leading from the button loop 3 there is another branch of the cord indicated at 5a which leads to and through a tube 11 and thence to button loop 4. The tubes 6 8- 10 and 11 are carried by what I may term a link 12 preferably in the form of a relatively short piece of elastic webbing, theI tubes 6 8 and 10 beingsecured adjacent the upper end of said link, the tubes 11 being secured adjacent to the lower end. The tubes 7 and v9 are respectively carried by the lower ends of the shoulder straps 1 and 2.

The method of attaching the tubes to the respective pieces of webbing represented by the shoulder straps 1 and 2 and the intermediate link 12, is a novel method exceedingly compact and yet effective and durable. As is well known, tension on the web ends tends to distort and buckle the fabric.

Therefore, to guard against this and to distribute the strain uniformly over the entire width of the webbing, I provide an internal reinforcing bar 14, which as shown in Fig. 2 is enveloped within a fold of the web end, which fold may be stitched as indicated by the lines 15 15. The tube 9 is properly conformed to act as a guide for the cord 5, and is preferably pivotally mounted on the bar 14 so that it may have a. swinging movement as the strain on the` cord shifts to the right and left. rThe pivot preferably comprises a tubular stud 17, the head portion 18 of which is located at the outside of the webbing, and is preferably covered with some non-corroding material, such as celluloid.` This rivet 17 passes through the webbing 2 at the outside andis secured to the reinforcing plate 14. The tubes 8 and 11 may be secured to the link 12 in the same manner, while the tubes 6 and 10 may be directly secured to the ends of the bar 14a and project through the open ends of the fold adjacent thereto. By this construction and arrangement of parts the least possible metal is exposed to come in contact, with and abrade or soil the garments of the wearer, and yet, as will be readily seen, the several `web ends are effectively reinforced so as to uniformly take the strain, and so as to be ,held against pulling.

What I claim is: 1. In a garment supporter, a webbing end,

la tubular cord guide carried thereby, a combined guide supporting and web reinforcing bar wholly enveloped within a fold in said web end, and a fastening device connecting said cord guide to the front face of said bar, said fastening device and cord guide only being exposed.

2. In a garment supportema webbing end, a tubular cord guide carried thereby, a combined guide supporting and web reinforc'- n ing bar wholly enveloped within a fold in said web end, and a fastening device for connecting said cord guide tothefront face of said bar, said tubular guide being'mounted to swing on said fastening means, said fastening device and cord guide only being eX- 3. In a garment supporter, a webbing end, a tubular cord guide carrledthereby, a combined guide supporting and Web reinforcing jecting outwardly from the open end of the bar Wholly enveloped. Within a fold in said fold in the webbing enveloping saidplate.

web end and a, fastenino device connectin@ said cord guides to thebfront face of said l ERNEST N HUMPHREY 5 bar, said fastening device and cord guide Vitnesses:

only being exposed, with a cord guide at F. V.' McDoNoUGH,

each end of said reinforcing plate and pro-l E. S. STARR.

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. Y Washington, D. C. 

